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Jaburg Wilk is pleased to announce that Gary Jaburg has been named to the Board of Directors of The Foster Alliance. Jaburg, founder and managing partner of Jaburg Wilk, said, "Every child in foster care deserves stability, safety, and the chance to thrive. The Foster Alliance does remarkable work supporting foster children and the families that care for them." T...

Jaburg Wilk is pleased to announce that shareholder Alden A. Thomas has been named to the Phoenix Business Journal's 2026 Class of 40 Under Forty. This prestigious award recognizes forty of the Valley's most accomplished business and community leaders under the age of 40 for their professional excellence and commitment to the Greater Phoenix community. Thomas chai...

I learned so much from reading. Which sparks ideas. Try it. That’s really the whole thesis, and I could stop right there, but the old ad line deserves better than a one-sentence drive-by. Reading Is Fundamental was a public service campaign decades before anyone worried about attention spans and doom-scrolling, and it turns out the slogan undersold itself. Readin...

Arizona law provides two separate paths to protect those who cannot fully protect themselves. Guardianship and conservatorship, both of which apply to either minor children or adults who are unable to make or manage their own decisions. People may assume that one “ship” covers everything. It does not. Understanding the distinction is important. Guard the Perso...

People love to talk about reinvention like it’s some kind of magic trick, like you disappear one day and come back as somebody new. That’s not how it works. You don’t need to become somebody else. Instead, get loud about who you already are. There’s a difference, and it took me years to see it. Reinvention means you must dig past everybody else’s opinion ...

That number should reframe how every professional thinks about a bad day, a lost case, a client who walks, or a deal that falls through. Attorneys in particular tend to carry losses like weight, because the profession trains you to believe that competence means winning, consistently. But the math simply doesn’t support that belief, not even for the best in the wo...

There is a certain kind of professional who makes the whole thing look easy. The attorney who stands up and delivers the perfect argument without seeming to reach for it. The advisor who reads a complicated situation in seconds and somehow already knows the move. Watching people like this, it is tempting to assume they were simply born with something the rest of us...

When most people hear the words "domestic violence," they think of physical harm. Arizona's new family court law, the Alec and Lydia Act (HB2995), effective June 22, 2026, changes that picture substantially. For the first time in Arizona, a pattern of behavior known as "coercive control" is explicitly included in the definition of domestic violence for purposes of ...

PHOENIX, Ariz. (July 14, 2026) – The law firm of Jaburg Wilk is pleased to announce that David P. Uffens has been named an equity partner of the firm. Uffens focuses his practice in family law, assisting clients with divorces, child custody matters, post-decree modifications, and pre/post-nuptial agreements. He is an Arizona State Bar Certified Specialist in Fami...

PHOENIX, Ariz. (July 13, 2026) – The law firm of Jaburg Wilk announced that Kevin M. Estevez has joined the firm as a partner in its construction law and commercial litigation practice group. Before joining Jaburg Wilk, Kevin represented general contractors, subcontractors, material suppliers, architects, engineers, and business owners in a wide range of construc...